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NEWS & EVENTS

BOOKING EVENTS NOW!

Stay tuned as my schedule updates

Ticketed Events mean that you should reserve your spot before the event! (If you want a seat & the book.)

You may Pre-Order books from any of these wonderful bookstores & venues!

 

 

JUNE 2025

 

DPL's 2025 Readers & Writers Jubilee

Sat., June 14, 11am-4pm, Decatur, AL

 

ThrillerFest 2025

Wed., June 18-22, Fri., New York, New York, New York Hilton Midtown, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019

June 20,  3:00 pm - 3:50 pm Conference Panelist: UNPREDICTABLE, UNASSUMING OR UNEXPECTED? Types of Antagonists

Signing: 5:40 pm - 6:00 pm

 

JULY 2025

 

Ticketed Event: Launch Event Snail on the Wall Bookstore

Tues., July 1, 6:00 pm, 816 Wellman Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35801

Link: https://snailonthewall.com/event/2025-07-01/book-launch-daco-auffenorde-medici-curse or CLICK HERE to save your spot.

 

Ticketed Event: The Haunted Bookshop

Thurs., July 3, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, , 9 S. Joachim St., Mobile, AL 36602

Link: https://www.thehauntedbookshopmobile.com/ or CLICK HERE to save your spot.

 

Signing at Page & Palette Bookstore

Sat., July 5, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, 32 South Section Street, Fairhope, AL, 36532

Link: https://www.pageandpalette.com/ or CLICK HERE to save your spot.

 

Authors on the Air Podcast with James L'Etoile, CrimeWriter

Fri., July 11, 12:00-1:00 CST, Link coming soon.

 

Event at Blue Apple Books

Sat., July 12, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm, , 14 Main Street, Suite B&C, Madison, AL

Link: https://shopsouthandpine.com/products/the-medici-curse-by-daco-auffenorde or CLICK HERE to save your spot.

 

Ticketed Event: Page Pairing Event at Auburn Oil Co. Booksellers

Thurs., July 17, 7:30 pm,  149 E. Magnolia Ave., Suite A, Auburn, AL

Link: https://auburnoilbooksellers.com/ or CLICK HERE to get your admission ticket.

 

Author Event Downtown Huntsville Public Library

Fri., July 21, 6:00 pm, 915 Monroe St., Huntsville, AL  35801

  

Ticketed Event: Court Street Books

Tues., July 22, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, 610 S Court Street, Florence, Alabama 3563

Link: https://www.courtstreetbooks.com/ or CLICK HERE to save your spot.

 

Author Event/Book Signing at The Wine Cellar

Wed., July 23, 6:00 pm, 2304 Whitesburg Drive, Huntsville, AL  35801

 

Thrills and Kills Event sponsored by Sweet Home Books

Sat., July 26, 2025, 107 E Bridge St, Wetumpka, AL 36092 (RESCHEDULED, date coming soon.)

Link to event: Coming Soon. Store link: CLICK HERE to pre-order!

 

AUGUST 2025

 

The Pear Tree Shop

Fri., August 8, Book Club Zoom, East Liverpool, OH

Link coming soon.

 

Online Mystery/Thriller Panel with Lee Brukowski

Thurs., Aug 28, 2025, 1:00 pm EST, Panelist: Daco Auffenorde, Isabella Maldonado, Mailan Doquang, Kiara Rouda, Elise Hart Kipness, Link: Steamyard - Link coming soon.

 

SEPTEMBER 2025

 

Bouchercon Conference

Wed.-Sun, Sept. 3-7

Panelist, Marriott Hotel, 555 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA

Link: https://www.bouchercon2025.com/ or CLICK HERE for more details.

 

Event with Oxford Books for Thacker Mountain Radio Hour

Thurs, Sept. 18, 6pm CT, The Powerhouse, 413 S 14th Street, Oxford, MS 38655

Link: https://squarebooks.com/event/2025-09-18/daco-auffenorde-medici-curse or CLICK HERE for details.

 

NOVEMBER 2025

 

Louisiana Book Festival

Sat., Nov. 1, 2025, State Library of Louisiana, 701 North 4th Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802

Link: https://www.louisianabookfestival.org/ or CLICK HERE for more details.

 

 

NEWS & ARTICLES

"'Cover Your Tracks' by Daco Auffenorde," NPR, Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra, December 10, 2021 and encore performance on September 8, 2023, https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/show/readers-corner/2021-12-17/cover-your-tracks-by-daco-auffenorde

 

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"Haunted by a Past She Can't Recall," by Rebecca Fields, ITW's The Big Thrill, Up Close, August 31, 2022, https://www.thebigthrill.org/2022/08/up-close-daco-s-auffenorde/

 

"The Anatomy of a Thriller," The Strand Magazine, April 28, 2022, https://strandmag.com/the-anatomy-of-a-thriller/

 

"Daco S. Auffenorde's Star is Rising After Breakout Thriller "Cover Your Tracks,"" by Judy Moreno, BookTrib, February 7, 2022

 

BookTrib's Book Club Network, February 2022 Selections

 

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"Episode 111 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Daco Auffenorde," with Ron Sykstus, June 28, 2021, https://www.bondnbotes.com/podcast/episode-111-next-lawyer-ron-sykstus-featuring-daco-auffenorde

 

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Manhattan Book Review on Cover Your Tracks, October 2020, https://manhattanbookreview.com/product/cover-your-tracks-a-novel/

 

Publishers Weekly on Cover Your Tracks, October 2020, https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781684425501

 

Interview with Hasty Book List, October 21, 2020, https://www.hastybooklist.com/blog/author-interview-daco-s-auffenorde

 

Suspense Magazine, Best of 2020, Winter 2020, award and interview, https://suspensemagazine.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Suspense-Magazine-Winter-2020.pdf

 

"Love, Hate, and the Devastating Power of Nature," ITW's The Big Thrill, Up Close, October 31, 2020, https://www.thebigthrill.org/2020/10/up-close-daco-auffenorde/

 

"The Dark Legacy of American's Deadliest Train Wreck," CrimeReads, October 21, 2020, https://crimereads.com/the-dark-legacy-of-americas-deadliest-train-wreck/

 

Books Series in Order, Daco S. Auffenorde Books in Order, https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/daco-s-auffenorde/

 

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"Rolling. Speed. Action. Cut! ... Darn, Take Two! Rewriting and the Zen of Film," Killer Nashville Blog, November 19, 2014

 

"Romancing the Attorney," by Daco, USA Today, April 23, 2014

 

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"ePublishers and Agents: Do I go it alone?" by Daco, June Quarterly, The Florida Writer, 2013

 

ITW, Thriller Roundtable discussion: "Is epublishing changing the world of thrillers? And, if so, how?" Monday-Sunday, June 17-23, 2013

 

"BAKE A PIE, MAKE A SETTING: the right ingredients make a delectable story," by Daco, Just Romantic Suspense, Sunday/Monday, May 19-20, 2013

 

 "CREATING A SUCCESSFUL SETTING IS A LOT LIKE BAKING A CAKE: the right ingredients make a delectable story, the wrong ones may cause the story to fail," by Daco, Robyn Neeley's Batter up! Talking Setting with Daco, May 13, 2013

 

Guest on StarTalk with Neil Degrasse Tyson, April 20-21, 2013

 

"What's new in suspense and inspirational romance," by Joyce Lamb of USA Today listed The Libra Affair in April 10, 2013 column

 

"What's in a code?" by Daco, Just Romantic Suspense, April 7, 2013

 

"What's in a name?" by Daco, Romance at Random R@R, April 6, 2013

 

"Character Development: Conceiving Jordan Jakes," by Daco, Editors Blog Spot for Crimson Romance, April 1, 2013